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Forest Green Rovers (h): Three Things The Imps Need To Do To Win

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Ahead of tomorrow’s match at home against Forest Green Rovers in League One, I asked the Vital Lincoln City members what three things they think The Imps need to do to pick up all three points.

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Here’s what sedgleyimp said:

1. Plan ahead. Saturday will be extremely hot. The players will need to be in top physical condition to deal with but also be wary that they can’t give it 100% for the full ninety minutes. Supporters love it when a player gives their all to try and get to an over hit through ball, but how often do they actually get to the ball? Doing that tomorrow will just waste energy which will need to be conserved as the game progresses.

2. Use all 5 substitutions. Pretty much in line with the above point concerning the weather conditions tomorrow. It just might be that whatever the starting XI will be might not necessarily be what many would consider to be our strongest team, but keeping a couple of attacking players such as Kendall and Garrick (if reports of his pace are accurate) to come on against tiring defenders will see us over the line.

3. Get players close to the lone striker. Whether that is Tom Hopper, Ben House or someone else there needs to be other players in a close proximity to them to benefit from any flick-ons or hold-up play. I expect that Forest Green will look to defend in numbers and it can be difficult to break down such tactics. It certainly needs more than just one striker fighting a lone battle. So the wide players and the attacking midfielders will have to ensure they are close to the striker otherwise it might be a very long day in the hot sun.

Thank you to Graham Burrell and Lincoln City Football Club for the photograph!

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